The Tripleseat alternative for caterers & event venues
Univents brings bookings, kitchen, staff and finances into one system. Here is how Tripleseat compares head-to-head.
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What is Tripleseat?
Tripleseat is an event sales software widely used in the US for restaurants, hotels and venues. It covers the sales process from inquiry through proposal and contract to the Banquet Event Order (BEO) and, according to the vendor, is used at more than 20,000 locations.
Sales and BEO features used at more than 20,000 venues according to the vendor, with floor plan tools and a large partner ecosystem (including payments, POS, messaging, accounting) in the US hospitality market.
Univents vs Tripleseat in detail
Information about Tripleseat is based on its public website, pricing page and help pages, as of October 29, 2026. ✕ means: not advertised there. – means: no public information found; those rows don’t count toward the score. Something out of date? Email hello@univents.app – we correct anything with a source right away.
- 1Texting runs through the Kenect partner integration and text messages to prospects who started an inquiry form; a dedicated SMS feature for staff is not described (as of 29 Oct 2026).
- 2Online payments run through the built-in Stripe integration.
- 3POS connection via a partner (GoTab); a general import of POS sales into event billing is not described (as of 29 Oct 2026).
- 4Staffing is mentioned on the platform page (“floor plans to staffing”) and covered through partner integrations (Event Staffing category); the website does not describe a dedicated shift planner (as of 29 Oct 2026).
Why teams choose Univents
Univents brings the full DACH compliance stack — XRechnung, DATEV export and GoBD — with a bilingual German/English interface and support, which a US product does not provide.
Univents covers the whole process after the inquiry in one stack — staff and shift planning, production, function sheets and finance work together. Tripleseat focuses on sales, BEOs and floor plans; staffing and other areas run through partner integrations.
Univents includes an AI assistant that turns voice memos into events, reads your connected mail inbox and works on your own data via chat commands. Tripleseat promotes “Tripleseat Intelligence”, AI for lead management, demand generation and event planning.
Pricing compared
7-day free trial, no credit card. Then from €55/month for quotes or from €299/month for the full platform — fair and transparent.
Sales-led; on its packages page Tripleseat states a starting price of 375 US dollars per venue per month. Prices for packages and add-ons (e.g. Floor Plans) are given in a conversation with sales. Prices in US dollars.
FAQ: Univents vs Tripleseat
Is Tripleseat a good Univents alternative?
Tripleseat is the leading US event-sales software with a very mature BEO and floorplan feature set, making it a strong solution for the North American restaurant and hotel market. If you invoice in Germany, Austria or Switzerland, Univents is the better fit because it brings a bilingual interface, DACH-compliant finance and the entire post-inquiry workflow.
Can Tripleseat be used in the German-speaking market?
Tripleseat is geared to the US/English-speaking market and offers no German product localization and no DACH-specific finance such as XRechnung or DATEV. Univents runs as a pure web app in the browser, is available in German and English and is designed for invoicing and accounting requirements in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
What does Tripleseat cost compared to Univents?
Tripleseat is sales-led; its packages page states a starting price of 375 US dollars per venue per month, with further prices (e.g. for Floor Plans) given by sales.
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